Matt's Blog Living by the lake of salt.

Ban Buttars

Another day, another embarrassment for Utah. This time from Buttars, the legislator who, in any other state would have been thrown out. After the common ground initiative was brought to council, it died a quick and swift death. Buttars, recently interviewed, compared gays to radical Muslims and claimed he’s “killed” every gay rights bill in the Utah legislature in the last eight years. What I don’t understand is why people endure him and continue to reelect him. I suspect its because all the people who can’t stand him have left his district, and only those who tolerate him remain there.

Now, today, there are renewed calls for his resignation. Like most Utah legislators, there is no chance that those who use racial slurs or are vitrol filled homophobes will even have to worry about being punished or threatened. Buttars is safe and sound in his hate, which irritates me. Another reason to leave Utah.